YREKA – Yreka Police Department officers are investigating an alleged stabbing that reportedly occurred in the 600 block of South Main Street during the early morning hours Saturday.

According to police chief Brian Bowles, officers were dispatched to a reported knife fight at that location at 1:26 a.m.

Upon arrival, Bowles said officers observed two male adults involved in a minor altercation. One man had a wounded knee, and the other had suffered a two-inch laceration on his left hand.

Emergency personnel arrived, and the victim who had suffered the knee injury was transported by Mt. Shasta Ambulance to Fairchild Medical Center for treatment. He reportedly told authorities he did not wish to press charges.

However, the victim who had suffered the hand laceration refused transport for medical care.

Then, he reported that earlier he was walking in that vicinity when three males tried to start a fight with him and a female appeared, who stabbed him in the hand with a sharp cutting instrument and disappeared. He further stated that he had later become involved in an altercation with the victim who suffered the knee injury because he thought the man was “coming after him,” said Bowles.

Bowles noted that the case is under investigation, and he urges anyone with information about this incident to contact the Yreka Police Department dispatch at 841-2300.